Favorite Site Sales + My Picks For Cyber Monday

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In real life, I am a girl who lives in nothing but casual basics.  Give me jeans, t shirts and cowgirl boots, and I am ready to go!  For your Cyber Monday saving pleasure, I've pictured a few items I could not live without, as well as a few I'd love to have. The cap toe flats I have put many clients in, and if you are someone who is on their feet during the day, I promise they are the most comfortable flats on the planet.  The Rag & Bone booties; well I don't own a pair, but I know they are the hottest thing since sliced bread. Those and the J. Brand flare jeans.

Clockwise: J Brand Love Story Flare Jeans, Bee Earrings Three Floor Dress Star Blaze Earrings, No Shit Givers Tee, Rag & Bone Newbury Booties, Toe Cap Shoes, Bobi Gauze Blouse, Stuart Weitzman Black Suede Bootie Baller Tee, Charlie 1 Horse by Lucchese Boots

Here's a collection of several of my favorite little sercies. I recently purchased Jessica's watercolor lips print for my home office renovation.  A few of my peeps will be getting the holiday Mr. and Mrs. Cocktail glasses or the gold urchin which is just about the most fun thing in my life since wearing jammies all day for a movie marathon over Baileys in my coffee.  Really hoping someone in my life will deem me worthy of the Eugenia Kim or Loeffler Randall.

Clockwise: Zebra Dish, Loeffler Randall Tote, Vino 2 Go Insulated Tumbler, Gold Urchin, Lips Watercolor, Eugenia Kim Fedora, Monogrammed Pillow, Mr. and Mrs. Cocktail Glasses

Save like crazy on some of my favorite sites:

ASOS 20% off site wide using code: GIMME20

C.Wonder 30% off using code: GIFTS30

Cynthia Rowley up to 65% off Fall Markdowns

Furbish Studio 25% off + free shipping any orders over $100 code: MONDAYMADNESS

Hanky Panky up to 40% off

LOFT save 50% off everything using code: CYBER50

Melinda Maria 35% off using code: CYBERMM35

Planet Blue: 25% off site wide using code: CYBERTIME

Revolve Clothing up to 75% off

Shopbop up to 25% off using code: BIGEVENT13

Towne & Reese 40% site wide using code holiday40

YOOX up to 50% off using code: THANKYOOX

Zhush 20% off all orders using code: BlackFriday

Last but not least, Keep Calm and Carry On is for distinguished beginners.  For those of you who asked me about this on Instagram or Facebook, here's where to get one of your very own. Amsterdam Hester has custom made the one below for my home office. Humor saves.

Happy Shopping!
-Whitley

Small Business Saturday

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Do you shop small?  As serial star-gazing entreprenuer it is something I truly believe in, and living in here the Queen City we have the luxury of so many hip one of a kind businesses from which to choose. The Saturday after Thanksgiving was first declared Small Business Saturday in 2010, and so tomorrow I encourage you to eat, drink, shop, splurge; do it all... local!  I’ve had wonderful opportunities to collaborate with some really outstanding businesses around town. Here are just a few, so please do pay them a visit, whether you’re doing your holiday shopping or recovering from it!

Reid's Fine Foods

Rooster's

Pike's Soda Shop

Hilliard Studio Method

Run For Your Life

If are the owner of a local business and would like to promote your brand on the Queen City Style, let me know. I would love to collaborate and get creative with you!

Happy Shopping! Whitley

Beth Lee Art (My Mama!)

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Y'all, I am really, really proud of my mama and her newly discovered talent to paint.  I thought it had only been about 18 months, but today she let me know it's been three years since she's kinda sorta put aside her golf addiction for her painting one.  However long it's been, I'm really, really proud of her and I am so impressed by every new piece she paints. For all you South Carolina beach-goers, many of Moms paintings are of various scenes captured around one of our family vacation spots, Pawleys Island. While Moms work largely reflects her time spent on the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts, her love of beaches knows no prejudice. Just in time for the holidays, I'm showcasing several of her works of art currently for sale.  If you are intersested in learning more, or would like to place a request for a commission, please email her directly at: willalee@bellsouth.net.

Beth Lee, My Mama!

Outer Banks Sunset, 24x30, $400

Oyster Catcher Inlet 23x37 $450 (framed)

Balancing Act, 22x28, $375

Dunes at Frying Pan Shoals, 15x30, $300

Path Through The Woods, 16x20, $200

Just Beyond, 16x20, $250

Beaufort, 18x24, $350

Beach Walk, 26.5x33, $500 (framed)

Forgotten Path, 16x20, $250

Dunes, 16x20, $300

Thanks so much for checking out Beth Lee Art!

I'll be back with a post on Saturday, so in the meantime, 

I hope you and your loved ones have a very Happy Thanksgiving!  

 Gobble, Gobble! -Whitley

I.C. London

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Lingerie: Cosabella; Shoes, Slip and Sleep Mask (similar here), all c/o I.C. London.
Photography: Moments by Donna, Hair and Makeup: Deme Fourtounis. 

After serving as a flagship fixture on East Boulevard for 20 years, the Queen City's lingerie go-to has moved to a newly renovated, open air space at The Village at SouthPark.  To share the excitement, the store has extended a private 20% discount to all readers of the Queen City Style through Saturday, November 23. Just mention this post at check out. The holiday season is getting close.  Ladies, in all the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping and buying and doing for others, I am here to tell you there is no time like the present to buy something for yourself.  Go get yourself some high quality comfortable jammies.  Feel good about yourself and still be cozy.  I.C. London carries a range of products from underpinnings to sophisticated negligees to cotton cozies and bedroom slippers.  I hope you will treat yourself (or someone you love).

Happy pampering!

xo-Whitley

Along Came Polly

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A few pictures here from my visit to Chapel Hill last year for a little photoshoot fun with my dear friend Roy Rice.  Yes they are chaps, no the gun was not loaded, no animals were harmed in my lifetime for the sake of this photo shoot, and yes a woman on her cell phone walked by and told the person on the other end (in a very terrified manner), "there are people very close to me holding a gun!"  Oh, and just in case you did not know the King of the Wild Frontier, David "Davy" Crockett's wife's name, it was Polly.  Polly wasn't the first woman Davy proposed marriage to, but against her parent's better wishes, Polly is the one he married.  If you've got great passion for The Old North State, I know you will love Roy's photographic interpretations of gorgeous scenery, local folk and, of course, magical places all around the UNC campus. Like Roy's facebook page to keep up with his candid, ungoverned emotion for what his eyes and heart see through the lens of a camera.

Thanks so much for being here, Whitley

Two Current Obessions

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Check them out here.  I'm off to Richmond, Virginia for a half marathon.  Weather looks chilly, but not rainy!  Wish me luck, and Precious Peanut #1 at his soccer game since sadly, I will be missing it. I am, however, looking forward to a fun weekend with a long time family friend and an awesome newbie as well!

Happy Weekend Y'all!

-Whitley

Chic Local Products For The Entire Family

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This one's for ALL the readers; comfy everyday wear for you ladies, affordable premium denim for the ladies and gents, precious holiday designs for the kiddies, chic accessories and the best in athletic gear.  It's all here!  See it all in this month's article for Charlotte Parent Magazine.

Check 'em all out!

-Whitley

Vignettes Around My House

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All pictures taken by the sweet, young talented Joshua Galloway for FOUR Magazine.  See the original feature here.

-Whitley

Two Years

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Today the Queen City Style turns two!  As I sit here, I deliberate just what to write. This happens a lot.  I think, type, delete, type, delete.  It's safe to say I struggle sharing all that I am thinking. I want to be real with you people, and I am, but I think there also needs to be some level of intrigue. Like dating. It's no mystery though how giddily silly and excited I was creating this very first post. Lucky Magazine ran my story on their back page, and the rest is history.  I'll never forget my excitement. Who knew a career would blossom for that story, this blog?  I had no idea, but I could not be happier about it.  I am excited for every opportunity to collaborate, style and create, and I have met some of the most awesome, fun and cool collegues, clients and friends along the way.  It's been validating to know there are so many other dreamers out there like me.  If I keep going in this direction, I run the risk of this sounding more like a journal entry than a fashion blog post, so I'll sign off sharing photos and a link to the Queen City Style's very first post.  Most important of all, thank you so much for being here and being a part of my joy!

With so much love and appreciation, 

-Whitley

Let Your Hair Down

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Dress: c/o Belk. Shoes: Stuart Weitzman. Hairpiece: JewelMint. Photography: By Tatyana M. Hair and Makeup: By Heather Cole. Stylist: Caroline Hamlin Byrnes of Belk.

I adore this short dress I wore for the second part of my shoot with the Young Affiliates of the Mint. More glam, of course, but Caroline styled a more casual look, which Heather completed by curling my hair into a sophisticated bob. I hope you'll join me in letting your hair down at the inaugural Fall Ball this Friday, November 8th, benefiting the Mint Museum.

Click here to get your tickets to the Fall Ball!

- Whitley

Styling Lauren Egan

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Lauren Egan is one of the sweetest, most precious girls with whom I've had the chance to recently work.  I teamed up with my crew, Doug Brooks and Deme Fourtounis, otherwise known these days as my ''other family'' for a fun day in the studio and on the streets of Noda.  Styled with a combination of modern Anthropologie threads and a few vintage as well as modern favorites from my own accessories collection, this last outfit is one of my favorites of all time.  Cyndi Lauper meets Carrie Brandshaw equals Girl's Totally Gonna Have Fun.

Thanks so much for letting me share my fun!

xo-Whitley